| Show EL RIO REV Sketch nod Iirture of the Best TwoYear Old Banning Home of the Year r + I r EL mo BET With this Is given a portrait M Rio r the colt which The New York Spirit of Times says is unquestionably the best Tearold of the year Ha has been co I a phenomenon all the season but he has been accorded his unquestioned rank as leader by reason of his recent victory in the Eclipse stakes at Westchester when he did three quarters of a mile in 114 Still more recently recent-ly at Morris park he did the same distance in 111 making a new record El Rio Rey is thus described by The Spirit Is a bright chestnut with a narrow blaze in his face extending over the nose the near fore and both hind legs white Ho has a beautifully expressive face and a largo full nye of intelligence large nostrils long tapering taper-ing cars a round muzzle high cheeks an exquisite ex-quisite neck full throttle short from the throat latch to the breast which is full but narrow well inclined shoulders a grand back and deep ribs closely coupled and full flanks His best and most striking point is his enormous enor-mous quarters which are as massive as those of a steer and run away down full to the gaskin his arms arts very big and broad and his legs arc good as are his feet His worst point is his ankles which are not tho best His action is rather slovenly and sluggish in his slow paces but when extended is very taking and his propelling power enormous enor-mous In short he is like his brother Emperor Em-peror of Norfolk in style enormous size bone and substance joined to high quality El Rio Rey was foaled June 1018S7 at the El Arroyo stud of Mr Theo Winters in California and is a full brother to Duchess of NbrfolkDuko Norfolk King of Norfolk Vera Emperor of Norfolk and The Czar Duchess of Norfolk was run in the east in I 1882 and showed an ability to race with tho best King of Norfolk was a first class 2 yearold but he trained off early As to Emperor of Norfolk he was probably one of the best race horses which appealed in this country during tha generation The Czar seemed likely to follow in his footsteps but after winning the California Derby last spring he died at Council Bluffs while on his way east Norfolk the sire of El Rio Rey was a bay colt bred in Kentucky in 1881 Lexincton vain Novice by nip Glencoe Norfolk Nor-folk was never ben ell on tho turf Asa As-a 3yearold he won a sweepstakes at St Louis beating a Tipperuy others Mr Alexander 4 Alex-ander then sold him a for 15001 the odd dollar being exact p ed to win a bet I 1 Ytt on which he had made I reef with the late H C McGrath that ho would sell one ofF of-F Lexingtons c o it i s for more money than he paid for i Lexington In Mr 1 U1b Winter hands Norfolk won the CASEY WINCUELL Jersey Derby at Paterson N J beating Tipperary Kentucky Eagle and ten others in 24ij He was then taken to California Cali-fornia where in the spring of 1SS3 he defeated de-feated Lodi two mile heats in 343ja 342J i 331Ji Tho same autumn he won three mile heats beating Lodi in 52 K 529X In the opinion of many Norfolk was the best son of Lexington Marian the dam of El Rio Rey Emperor of Norfolk King of Norfolk Duchess of Norfolk Nor-folk The Czar etc was bred by Mr Joseph Cairn Simpson in Illinois and taken to California Cali-fornia She was a daughter of Malcolm who was long considered the best son of Bonnie Scotland her dam being Maggie Mitchell by imp Yorkshire grandam the renowned mate Charmer the best mare of tho day on the turf and a daughter pf imp Glencoo and Betsy Malone by Stockholder Stock-holder A portrait is given of Casey Winchell the jockey who rode El Rio Rey both at I I Westchester and at Morris park |
